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Council of Foundation: Americas Country Notes
The Council on Foundations, is a nonprofit leadership association of grantmaking foundations and corporations. This link provides reports and briefs on philanthropy in Latin America. Click on specific countries to be redirected to external links.
Penn Center for High Impact Philanthropy: Guidance by Issue
Select an impact topic and register to download the report or brief.
Publicaciones del Centro de Filantropía e Inversiones Sociales
Find reports on philanthropic investments, best practices and activities in Latin America published by the University of Adolfo Ibrañez.
Academic Centers of Philanthropy
Click on the links to different academic centers focused on Philanthropy. Click on their resource links to find access to their publications.
Example of nonprofit best practices
Browse the University of San Diego's Nonprofit Leadership and Management Master's Program Best Practice Library Collections for current and past research on nonprofit programming including program assessment, organizational development, fundraising and more.

LANIC: NGO listing in Latin America
Listing of NGOs by country and in the United States. Last updated 2015.
The Guide to Effective Philanthropy for Latin America
Filantropía y cambio social en América Latina
Explora las tradiciones históricas de la filantropía latinoamericana, y las principales tendencias actuales de las donaciones organizadas y el voluntariado. El libro incluye casos de países específicos así como revisiones regionales, y realiza un análisis en profundidad sobre algunos temas de políticas públicas que afectan a la filantropía y a la sociedad civil en la región.
National Council on Nonprofits: How to start a nonprofit
Congressional Resources Sources: Writing a grant
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RedALyc: Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y El Caribe, España y Portugal
Searchable database providing full-text access to an expanding collection of Latin American and Iberian journals in the social sciences and the humanities
Dialnet
Indexes primarily journals from Spain and Latin America. Many citations link to article abstracts and/or the full texts of articles.
Scientific Electronic Library Online
Provides access to full-text articles covering selected scientific journals and proceedings collections from Latin America, South Africa and other developing countries.
Comisión Económica para América Latina y El Caribe (CEPAL)
La Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL)

OER Commons Open Textbooks Hub
A curated hub of open textbooks and full courses.
Open Textbook Library
Developed by the University of Minnesota, this library is a tool to help instructors find affordable, quality textbook solutions. All textbooks in this library are complete and openly licensed.
Other academic OA and repository listings
UNESCO Digital Library
Provides access to publications, documents and other materials either produced by UNESCO or pertaining to UNESCO’s fields of competence.
MOOCs Leadership Courses
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MOOCs English Courses
Free online English language lessons and classes to improve your English grammar, composition, conversation and writing skills.

UNESCO World Inequality Database on Education
The World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) highlights the powerful influence of circumstances, such as wealth, gender, ethnicity and location, over which people have little control but which play an important role in shaping their opportunities for education and life. It draws attention to unacceptable levels of education inequality across countries and between groups within countries, with the aim of helping to inform policy design and public debate.
Our World in Data
Our World in Data’s mission is to publish the “research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems”.
U. of Illinois World Data Guide
See this guide for listing of world datasets and dashboards available.

GuideStar
Register to access the free version of this resource. Provides data on every IRS registered non-profit organization. Discover the mission, legitimacy, impact, reputation, finances, programs, transparency, and governance of over 1.8 million nonprofit organizations.
Candid: Latinx Funders
LatinxFunders is an ongoing research project documenting the landscape of foundation funding in the Latinx community and track changes in its scale and priorities. It uses grants data to map the community issues addressed, funding strategies used, and regions served.
GlobalGiving
GlobalGiving is a nonprofit that supports other nonprofits by connecting them to donors and companies.
CEMFI: Convocatorias Internacionales
Bridgespan Group
The Bridgespan Group consults with nonprofits, NGOs, donors, and investors to advance learning and accelerate the impact of their work and philanthropy.
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
From ProPublica, view summaries of tax returns from tax-exempt organizations and see financial details
Charity Navigator
Charity Navigator, the world's largest and most-utilized independent nonprofit evaluator,